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Heavily armed counter-protesters have gathered near Churchill Downs in Louisville vowing to protect the city ahead of a day of Black Lives Matter protests scheduled to kick off during the annual Kentucky Derby. Hundreds of men dressed in military gear and armed with semi-automatic weapons were out in force at Cox Park Saturday morning after a number of local social justice organizations announced plans to rally over the police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was killed by the police on March 13 in a raid on her home in Louisville, prompting months of protests and demands...

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Churchill Downs announced Friday afternoon that it will continue the tradition of playing “My Old Kentucky Home” — the state’s official song that some have criticized for romanticizing the antebellum south — in the moments before the Kentucky Derby. A spokesman for the track told The Washington Post that the song will be played ahead of Saturday’s race by bugler Steve Buttleman instead of by the University of Louisville marching band, as in normal years, and will be preceded by a moment of silence.

The Freeper Canteen Presents.... ~ It’s Kentucky Derby Time!! ~ Barbershop Quartet ~ Star Spangled Banner Call To The Post KENTUCKY DERBY TROPHY Since the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924, Churchill Downs has annually presented a gold trophy to the winning owner of the famed "Run for the Roses." History is unclear if a trophy was presented in 1875 to the winner of the first Kentucky Derby, and trophy presentations were sporadically made in following years. Finally, in 1924, legendary Churchill Downs President Matt Winn commissioned that a standard design be developed for the "Golden Anniversary"...

The trainer for Kentucky Derby favorite Tiz the Law said he was “very concerned” about the police brutality and social justice protests that are expected to surround the horse racing spectacle Saturday. “I don’t know what these guys are gonna do, these rioters,” Barclay Tagg told reporters Tuesday. “Who knows? All I know is you’re not allowed to shoot them and they’re allowed to shoot you, that’s what it looks like to me.”

A national group calling for justice in Breonna Taylor's killing plans to make its presence felt during the Kentucky Derby. Until Freedom plans to march on Derby day at 4:30 p.m. in South Central Park, according to a message posted to the group's Facebook page Sunday night. "We need the cops that killed her to be charged and arrested immediately. Justice delayed is justice denied," the post reads.

Planned racial injustice protests took a crowd of demonstrators past the gates at the frontside of Churchill Downs on Tuesday. The afternoon's demonstrations resulted in 64 arrests for charges of obstructing the roadway and disorderly conduct, acting Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert Schroeder told whas11.com. The protests were scheduled by national organization Until Freedom at the end of a four-day conference dedicated to the pursuit of justice in the death of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was killed by Louisville police in March of this year.

After several attempts to dwindle down the capacity, the decision has finally been made to hold this year's Kentucky Derby without fans. Churchill Downs made the announcement to reverse course on Friday. It said, in part: "Churchill Downs has worked diligently over the last several months to plan a safe Derby with a limited number of spectators in attendance. We were confident in that plan, but dedicated to remaining flexible using the best and most reliable information available. With the current significant increases in COVID-19 cases in Louisville as well as across the region, we needed to again revisit our...

Tiz the Law remained unbeaten in three starts at age 3 with an authoritative win in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) June 20 at Belmont Park over runner-up Dr Post and third-place Max Player. The son of Constitution , trained by Barclay Tagg and owned by Sackatoga Stable, stalked the pace in third down the backstretch, as Tap It to Win went to the lead under pressure from Fore Left. Tiz the Law then assumed command and drew clear in the lane. He raced 1 1/8 miles under Manny Franco on a fast track in 1:46.53. He...

Churchill Downs announced Thursday that it will conduct a virtual running of the Kentucky Derby during a telecast on NBC on May 2 from 3-6 p.m. ET on the traditional day of the Kentucky Derby. Called the “The Kentucky Derby: Triple Crown Showdown,” the virtual race is a computer-simulated version of the American classic, which was postponed this year due to COVID-19 from its traditional running on the first Saturday in May until Sept. 5. The virtual race, created by Inspired Entertainment, will feature the 13 past Triple Crown winners and use data algorithms including historical handicapping information about each...

Churchill Downs announced April 23 that it will conduct a virtual running of the Kentucky Derby during a telecast on NBC on May 2 from 3-6 p.m. ET on the traditional day of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). Called the "The Kentucky Derby: Triple Crown Showdown," the virtual race is a computer-simulated version of the American classic, which was postponed this year due to COVID-19 from its traditional running on the first Saturday in May until Sept. 5.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 146th running of The Kentucky Derby will be postponed until the first Saturday in September, according to multiple sources. Kentucky Derby, which was originally scheduled for May. 2, will be moved to Saturday, Sept. 5 in response to COVID-19, sources say. The official announcement regarding the 146th Kentucky Derby will be made Tuesday at 9 a.m. via teleconference. The postponement marks the first time the Derby will not be held on the first Saturday in May since 1945. It was postponed in June 1945 when the government issued a ban on horse racing due to World...

Maximum Security owner Gary West has issued a multimillion-dollar challenge to the owners of four horses that benefited from his horse's historic disqualification in the Kentucky Derby. In a statement Friday, West said he would pay each of those owners $5 million if Country House, War of Will, Long Range Toddy or Bodexpress finishes ahead of Maximum Security in the next race against him through the end of the year. West wants the owners of the other horses to also stake $5 million on the head-to-head result. He said he would donate any winnings to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund...

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper denied on Monday night that he's "on the left," but later slammed President Donald Trump for weighing in on the Kentucky Derby. Cooper began a panel discussion by speculating whether or not President Trump would accept the results of the 2020 election if he narrowly loses that quickly shifted to whether or not an "attempted coup" took place to oust the president. "There absolutely was an attempted coup against him," CNN commentator Steve Cortes said.

41 are dead in a plane fire as Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport according to Russian officials...... Early Monday morning reports from the Palestinian side say a cease-fire is in force with Israel as of 430 am local time, 930 pm Eastern US time. No comment on that from Israel but an announcement that restrictions from Home Front Command of the Israel Defense Forces are ended as of 7 am local time, 12 Midnight Eastern US time..... A statement from US National Security Adviser John Bolton Sunday..... The situation worsening this weekend in Syria with the possibility that the HTS jihadists, formerly...

After addressing a few of the other stories of the day — from “Game of Thrones” to the Kentucky Derby — Opera Man turned to politics. “Kamala, Gillibrand, Klobuchar, Warren,” he sang. “They have slim chance-o, they no wear pants-o.” “Cory, Pete and Beto, will have to wait-o … here we go again! 70-year-old men,” he ended with an image showing Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden. He then focused in on Biden and recent complaints about him respecting peoples’ personal space, singing, “gropa, gropa, sniffa, sniffa, young or old-a, makes no diffa.” The actor...

FULL TITLE: 'The best horse did NOT win!' Trump blasts controversial Kentucky Derby reversal as 'political correctness' after winning horse is disqualified for 'impeding' another's path President Donald Trump added his outrage on sunday to the national dustup over Saturday's controversial Kentuky Derby finish, complaining that disqualifying the apparent winning horse for interfering with another is a sign of 'political correctness' run amok. 'The Kentuky [sic] Derby decision was not a good one. It was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch,' Trump wrote on Twitter. 'Only in these days...

FULL TITLE: 'Shame on you!' Outraged Kentucky Derby fans BLAST race stewards after Maximum Security is disqualified - but one lucky bettor wins a whopping $133,000 after putting money on outsider winner Country House The 2019 Kentucky Derby was plagued with drama on Saturday, after first-place finisher Maximum Security was sensationally disqualified and Country House declared the winner. Many viewers watching at home were outraged by the result, taking to social media to blast the stewards who made the controversial call. 'Fixed! I'll never watch this again! Shame on you!' one fan declared in a post on Twitter. 'Shameful! It...

President Trump on Sunday blamed “political correctness​” for ​a controversial decision ​at the Kentucky Derby that led to the disqualification of the apparent winner in favor of a 65-to-1 long shot. ​”​The Kentuky Derby decision was not a good one. It was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch​,” Trump wrote on Twitter, misspelling the state’s name. “Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby – not even close!​”​

FULL TITLE: Country House sensationally wins the Kentucky Derby after first-place finisher Maximum Security is DISQUALIFIED following steward's inquiry for impeding other riders Country House has won the 2019 Kentucky Derby. The long-shot horse, with odds of 65-1, was declared the winner of the world-famous $3 million race on Saturday, after Maximum Security was sensationally disqualified in a stewards' call. Maximum Security crossed the line first, but its championship title was revoked after judges ruled that the thoroughbred had impeded other riders by changing lanes at the final turn. The 150,000 spectators who descended on Churchill Downs in Louisville to...